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Create custom widgets

When Apple launched iOS 14, it heralded a new era for the iPhone. One of the biggest new features was the introduction of widgets, which can display snippets of information from the app of your choice on your Home screen.

Although Apple has opened the widget system to third-party developers, there’s not as much control as you might like. Apple’s apps allow for little

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